This weekend Howick High School hosted its inaugural girls’ 6-a-side Soccer tournament. 16 teams from the Midlands region, spanning as far as Hillcrest and Ballito, participated, including the Howick 1st, Howick 2nd and Howick U16 teams.
Competition was fierce and the football was of a high standard. Howick’s 2nd team were defeated in the Quarter-Final, and the 1st team went out in the semi-final. The Howick U16 team displayed tremendous skill, determination and courage, and were the overall tournament winners, lifting the trophy in the championship final.
The tournament was a resounding success and was concluded with the team draw for the 2017 MARITZBURG FA Cup which will be held at Howick High School on 26 and 27 August.

Photo above – 16 Girls’ Soccer teams from the Midlands Region participated in Howick High School’s first 6-a-side tournament this weekend.

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Photo below from Left to Right – Howick High School’s U16 Girls’ Soccer team were the overall winning team of the tournament. Pictured here with their coach, Mr Scott Wheeler, trainee coach, Joshua Wheeler and Principal, Mrs Lauren Farquharson are team members Nicola Lawrence, Amanda Makhathini, Nandipha Zuma, Zithobe Mnyandu, Kalai Glover, Alex Candler and Laiken Austen (standing) and Beth van Onselen and Chloe Vermeulen (kneeling).

The annual matches played against local clubs Howick and Hilton have now both been played. These games are always most enjoyable and played in a spirit of friendship with much laughter and banter. Umgeni Waterfall lost both matches and look forward to next year when we hope to come out on top!

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Congratulations to Ricardo Parau and his great team on the relaunch of the fabulous SUPERSPAR GREENDALE. These specials are available to 1 August 2017.

RESULTS: The Tabs In Competiton on 12 July sponsored by Halfway Toyota Howick was won by the trip of Peter Burton, Jo Boonzaier and Grace Abrahams. The runners up were Colin Burden, David Mainprize and Marianne von Wieringen.The prizes were presentd by Margie Wheelwright of Halfway Toyota Howick.

Congratulations are extended to the club title winners Clark Logan (Men’s singles), Mark Taylor (Novice singles), and Barry Bedworth & Clark Logan (Men’s pairs). Thank you to the members who came along to support the players and to the ladies who so kindly provided the delicious lunch for players and spectators.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
Friday, 28 July: Annual match against Hilton Bowling Club. Team selections are posted on the notice board.
Wednesday, 09 August: (National Women’s Day) All day Competition Sponsored by J Leslie Smith Inc. UWBC Members and players from other clubs are invitedto support this event. Entries may be sent via sms or WhatsApp to Bernice Burden 071 164 3162.

News supplied by Umgeni Waterfall Bowls Club.

Your 8 - 9 year old will love to read these charming rescue stories, especially if he/she is an animal lover!

Find us at Shop 3/4, 3 Mare Street, Howick.

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Members of the community are invited to gather together on Tuesday 18 July at 12:30 at the Old Agricultural Hall, Falls Drive/ Morling Street to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday by dedicating 67 minutes or more to his legacy.

Action steps will be taken to help improve the beauty of the Howick central business district, Howick Falls precinct and other identified areas.

Individuals, families, churches, businesses, government and community based organisations are encouraged to volunteer and partner together to help clean-up our charming town.

Participants are requested to bring black/ green bags, garden tools, gloves, and scrapers to remove illegal posters.

The wearing of Love Howick T-shirts will be wonderful. These are on sale at African Spirit (Old Agricultural Hall) and Oasis Church (70 Main Street).

Huge thanks are extended to the following for their kind offer of support:
- the Scouts, who’ll be adventuring down the Gorge Walk to the base of Howick Falls to trim vegetation and remove litter,
- Mediclinic Howick staff, who’ll be cleaning up a section of Main Street at various times,
- residents of the Ambers, and the Amber Valley estate and garden services team who’ll be cleaning up a section of Karkloof Road. The gathering time is 12:00 at the entrance to Yellowwood,
- Midlands Skip Hire, who’ll be removing bags of garden refuse and litter,
- Mike Cope of A1 Complete Garden and Tree Felling Services, Michael Kemp of Garden Squad and Guy Mortimer with their respective teams who have started trimming vegetation around Goddard Park and on the Gorge Walk in the Howick Falls precinct, and
- Alexander Goudemond, who’ll be taking photographs of community members in action.

Businesses are requested to please consider involvement with the above, ‘adopting a spot’ in front of their building/ premises to improve the frontage or any other initiative to make a positive difference and impact in the appearance of the town or the lives of people in Howick.

The sponsoring of litter bins, display boards, and a boom (to limit vehicle access to the grass area of Goddard Park), or the donation of large rocks to position between cement bollards in Goddard Park will be extremely helpful.

Monetary donations will be wonderful, truly appreciated, and wisely used. The banking details are: Love Howick (FNB Howick, Branch Code 220725, Account Nr 625 938 075 75: Ref: Love Howick).

May the community of Howick become known as a kind and caring community of our beautiful country.

Inquiries: Rob Askew
Love Howick volunteer co-ordinator
Tel: 081 762 7788
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Join in on the launch of the definitive historical novel 'Men of the Mendi' by Brenda Shepherd at The Howick Agricultural Hall. 

RESULTS: The first 2017 internal competition sponsored by Warwick Wealth was held on Tuesday, 27 June. The winners were Barbara Brook, Rita Aitken and Conrad Clifford of Warwick Wealth. The runners up were Balf Balfour, Julia Strachan and Jo Boonzaier. Prizes were presented by Stuart Milligan of Warwick Wealth.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
Saturday, 08 July: Tabs In Comp sponsored by Giovision and Greendale Superspar. Tabs in by 13h15.
Wednesday, 12 July: Tabs In Comp sponsored by Halfway Toyota Howick.
Tuesday, 25 July: Tabs In Comp sponsored by J Leslie Smith Inc. Tabs in by 08.45
Wednesday, 09 August: (National Women’s Day) All day Competition Sponsored by J Leslie Smith Inc.

News supplied by Umgeni Waterfall Bowls Club.

Congratulations to Sarah Macaskill (Grade 5) of Howick Prep School who was awarded a distinction in her Grade 1 Violin examination from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music and Dani Martens (Grade 4) who achieved a Silver award in her Level 5 Artistic Gymnastic examination.

Well done to both Sarah and Dani.

A photograph has been attached: (L- R) Sarah Macaskill, Danni Martens. 

News supplied by Howick Preparatory School.

Looking forward to our next MARKET THROUGH THE HOME in Howick.

Come and browse awesome goodies in a unique home setting and support Sunfield Home and Foshim at the same time. Free entry. Bring your friends and have complimentary tea in the garden with them. Debit and credit cards welcome as well as Zapper.

See Gifts at Wear on FB for some idea of what's on offer.

A Lythwood wedding is not one of those sausage-machine weddings, where the venue owners try to squeeze as many weddings into a weekend as possible. All while charging you for every little ‘extra’. Whether you are planning an indoor or outdoor wedding (we have a variety of options), we don't pile on the extras. Just an affordable, simple, easy to budget, all-in package price.

At Lythwood, your wedding day is yours. Reserved for you and your guests. No “you and your guests have to be out of the Chapel by 2:30pm because we have another wedding starting at 3:00pm”. Or, as in the case of many other venues where the reception hall turns into a pumpkin at midnight, we don't have cut-off times.

We also give you access to our powerful, interactive, stress-relieving wedding planning tools. Tools that will help you take care of all the time-consuming tasks, such as sending out invitations and tracking RSVPs. Taking the confirmed guest list and feeding that into who has special food requirements. All the way to helping you plan your table seating arrangements. You can even create your own personal wedding website and share all your plans with your friends!

And, of course, our dedicated Wedding Coordinator, Danelle, will be there to hold your hand every step of the way so you'll be free to enjoy your wedding.

So, what is our special offer you ask?

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Beautiful Open Plan living priced from R1 250 000. Designer 52m2 units R1 250 000. Designer 70m2 units from R1 650 000. Fantastic open-plan kitchen.

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Official launch 16 July 2017. Come visit us at Harcourts Ambers, Yard41, 10am-4pm.

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Choose a reputable tyre dealer who has your safety and budget foremost in mind – a tyre dealer such as Juleo’s Tyres. 

Visit Juleo's Tyres at 4 Campbell Road, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3290 or contact them on +27 (0)33 330 8418.

RESULTS: The Tabs In Comp sponsored by Greendale Superspar and Giovision was won by the four of Rita Aitken, Alan Wells, Colin Brown and Denise Rocher. The runners up were the trip skipped by Brian Ellison, with lucky draw vouchers from 68 on Main being won by Stella Gardiner and Peter Burton.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
Tuesday, 25 July: Tabs In Comp sponsored by J Leslie Smith Inc. Tabs in by 08.45
Friday, 28 July: Annual match against Hilton Bowling Club. Availability list is posted on the notice board.
Wednesday, 09 August: (National Women’s Day) All day Competition Sponsored by J Leslie Smith Inc.

News supplied by Umgeni Waterfall Bowls Club. 

Howick Prep School’s Deputy Principal, Mr Bonzo Miller, retired last Friday after dedicating 40 years to the teaching profession.

Bonzo started his teaching career in 1978 at Thornhill High School in Rhodesia where he taught before emigrating to South Africa. On arriving in South Africa Bonzo was offered a teaching post at Michaelhouse where he taught from 1980 – 1993. Whilst at Michaelhouse Bonzo taught Geography and was appointed as Housemaster of East House and Head of Department of Physical Education.

In 1994 Bonzo applied for a Grade 7 teaching post at Howick Preparatory School where he taught for the next 24 years before his retirement last week. During his time at Howick Prep Bonzo was appointed as Head of Department in 2001 and as Deputy Principal in 2009. Bonzo was passionate about his sport and coached many successful Howick Prep rugby and cricket teams and also served on the Midlands Primary Schools Rugby Committee for more than 20 years.

A lunch was held at Howick Prep School last week with 100 staff, past staff and family members in attendance where a certificate to recognise the 40 years of dedicated service that Bonzo so unselfishly gave to so many children over his teaching career was presented to him by Principal Grant Maartens. In attendance at the luncheon were Pat Bastow (ex Deputy Principal) , Margie Hamilton (ex Deputy Principal), Justin Miller (Bonzo’s son) and Brenda Hathorn (Bonzo’s sister)

Photo L – R: Pat Bastow, Margie Hamilton, Bonzo Miller, Justin Miller, Brenda Hathorn.

News supplied by Howick Preparatory School.

The South African Mounted Games Association will be hosting the annual World Team Mounted Games Championships at the Royal Agricultural Show Grounds in Pietermaritzburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal, from 12 to 15 July 2017. There are 10 international teams due to participate (including South Africa).

Background on our sport: Mounted Games is a genre in horse riding and is a team competition that consists of five riders and five ponies. There are 21 different races; all involving the use of props and these vary from bending, sword lancers, flag fliers, bank race, sock and bucket, and even jousting. Mounted Games requires riders to have agility and be fit as they are often seen vaulting on and off their ponies during races. The sport requires a lot of speed and accuracy and is a wonderful example of teamwork and good sportsmanship.

Mounted Games joined SANESA in 2013. Since then the interest from KZN schools has been on the rise, with contacts in the Cape and plans to get Gauteng up and running.

The club had their first Inter-provincial competition alongside the annual Pony Club Inter Branch in Shongweni KZN (2013).
In December (2013) we also hosted the annual Southern Hemisphere Champs – an exciting event which included visiting teams from Australia and New Zealand. South Africa had three teams, one of which (South Africa A) won, making them eligible to go to the World Team Championships in France in August 2014.

July 2014 KZN hosted another club Inter Provincial held in Ashburton and as the sport grows, more school riders will have the chance to compete in a Nationals competition. This event will build up to the 5 Nations Championship in December 2014 which will be held in New Zealand. SA Mounted Games sent an Open team to World Team Championships in Kentucky July 2015. Later that year we sent a development team to compete in The Nations Championship in Australia. Inter Provincial Team Competition was held in Gauteng in 2016. December 2016 South Africa hosted the Nations Championship at Lions River Polo Club in KZN. We hosted teams from USA, New Zealand and Australia.

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